McColl's Retail Group (LSE:MCLS) Gross Profit : £285 Mil (TTM As of May. 2021)

McColl's Retail Group Gross Profit Chart

McColl's Retail Group Annual Data
	Trend	Nov11	Nov12	Nov13	Nov14	Nov15	Nov16	Nov17	Nov18	Nov19	Nov20
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					238.65	307.38	321.11	315.70	300.90

McColl's Retail Group Semi-Annual Data
	Nov11	Nov12	May13	Nov13	May14	Nov14	May15	Nov15	May16	Nov16	May17	Nov17	May18	Nov18	May19	Nov19	May20	Nov20	May21
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														155.04	160.66	150.70	150.20	134.30

Competitive Comparison of McColl's Retail Group's Gross Profit

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, McColl's Retail Group's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

McColl's Retail Group's Gross Profit Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, McColl's Retail Group's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where McColl's Retail Group's Gross Profit falls into.

McColl's Retail Group Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

McColl's Retail Group's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2020 is calculated as

McColl's Retail Group's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in May. 2021 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2021 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £285 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

McColl's Retail Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in May. 2021 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.

McColl's Retail Group  (LSE:MCLS) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

McColl's Retail Group had a gross margin of 23.45% for the quarter that ended in May. 2021 => Competition eroding margins

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